Synopsis

Just Passing Through explores the many ways people face life?s troubles. Though scientific ideas have forced their way into some of these stories, the focus is on the characters? lives: A loving mother dictates her son?s life as a despot ? a priest discovers he has sinned ? two recent widowers find their mutual attraction disturbing ? a watchmaker learns the exact date of his death ? a man sees the world collapsing and cannot decide if he is hallucinating or losing his mind; perhaps he can reverse the collapse ? beings from a distant planet plan to settle on earth. Several stories are nonfictional, personal memoirs.